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Barcode scanner for ios and android

Posted 31 December 2012 - 07:51 AM

My requirement is to develop a barcode scanner for both android and ios mobile OS.
When I googled, I found corona SDK multiplatform, but I am not sure whether I can develop barcode scanner because I could not find an example for barcode scanner. Below are my doubts

1. Is corona SDK is good to make multiplatform application?
2. Is it possible develop barcode scanner sc they are mainly concentrating on gaming application?
3. If possible, whether I should use any third party control to access the camera functionality or to access any device functionality?
4. If not, suggest me a good mobile development SDK

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Re: Barcode scanner for ios and android

Posted 02 January 2013 - 03:10 PM

Frameworks are designed to make tedious tasks much simpler to perform, but that doesn't mean you can branch out to access native services and such. So Corona might be a good SDK to work with to make such an application. It is multiplatform and does have a way to access the camera...

http://developer.cor...index/mediashow

Now another option to use, which is more HTML/javascript/web based, is phonegap which is a free open source framework and it too works on multiple platforms and can access the camera.

So you could try phonegap and if that doesn't work for you, then go to corona.

Whatever you find more comfortable. :)
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